out of harm's way

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*out of harm's way

Fig. not liable to be harmed; away from any causes of harm. (*Typically: be ~; get ~; get someone ~.) We should try to get all the civilians out of harm's way.

See also: out, way

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Sheeta was afraid to seize the balu, for thus he would give the ape-man an opening for attack; and for the same reason Tarzan hesitated to snatch the panther's prey out of harm's way, for had he stooped to accomplish this, the great beast would have been upon him in an instant. Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context Once within the jungle, he found a little knot of determined blacks waiting to give battle to the oncoming horde, but Tarzan cried to them to scatter, keeping out of harm's way until they could gather in force after dark. The Return of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context Then we'll send Amy off to Aunt March's for a spell, to keep her out of harm's way, and one of you girls can stay at home and amuse Beth for a day or two. Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context			out in left field out in the cold out in the open out like a light out loud out of a clear blue sky out of action out of bounds out of breath out of character out of circulation out of commission out of consideration out of context out of control out of courtesy out of debt out of depth out of earshot out of element out of favor out of focus out of gas out of hand out of hands out of harm's way out of hock out of keeping out of kilter out of league out of left field out of line out of luck out of mind out of necessity out of nowhere out of order out of patience out of place out of practice out of print out of proportion out of reach out of season out of service out of shape out of sight out of sight, out of mind out of skull out of sorts out of spite			out of focus out of focus out of focus Out of Force out of form out of form out of form out of form Out Of Frame Out Of Frame Out of Frame Second Out of Freeze Out of Game Out of Gas Out of Gas Out of Gauge out of gear out of gourd out of gourd Out of Ground Effect out of hair out of hair out of hair out of hand out of hand out of hand out of hand out of hand Out of Hand Juggling Club out of hands out of harm's way out of head out of head out of head out of head out of head Out of heart Out of Here out of hock Out of Home Out of Home Catering Out of Home Entertainment Out of Home Youth Advocacy Council Out of Hospital Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Out of Hospital Emergency Medical Services Out of Hours Out of Hours Learning Out of Hours School Care out of humor out of humor out of humor out of humor Out of Idle Curiosity Out of Interest Out of Iraq Bloggers Caucus out of it out of it out of joint out of joint out of joint

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